Firm and Provider News

Fish & Richardson has announced that it has achieved complete victories in three inter partes reviews (IPRs) filed against three University of Illinois patents on behalf of Micron Technology, Inc. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) held each claim of the University of Illinois’ semiconductor patents unpatentable, and as a result ordered...

Sheppard Mullin has announced the formation of a Portfolio Company Program with the goal of providing private equity funds and their portfolio companies more efficient legal services to allow them to drive EBITDA and exit value.

McCarter & English has expanded through its addition of the lawyers of Miller, Balis & O’Neil, PC (MBO), a Washington, DC-based boutique that has represented energy clients in regulatory, transactional, government relations, and appellate litigation matters for more than 30 years. The combination became effective February 1.

Edward J. Hansen, a leading national authority on global sourcing and complex technology-enabled transactions with more than two decades of experience, has become a partner at the 400-attorney law firm McCarter & English, resident in the firm’s New York City office.
Mr. Hansen joined the firm March 3 and will continue to represent...

Special Counsel David E. Bronston will present at the 2nd Annual Wi-Fi North America/Small Cells North America joint conference, April 2-3, 2014, at The Convene Times Square.
Mr. Bronston’s presentation is titled “Heterogenous Networks Infrastructure Installation: The Legal Perspective.”

Ted Zangari was named recipient of the New Jersey Builders Association’s Chairman’s Award for his exemplary service on the Mixed Use Developers Committee. Andrew B. Robins was named recipient of the New Jersey Builders Association’s Chairman’s Award for his exemplary service on the Environmental Committee.

Akin Gump has announced that Ed Pagano, former White House deputy assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs and chief of staff for Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), has joined the firm as a partner in its public law and policy practice in Washington.

Anderson Kill, a national law firm, has announced that it has formed a Banking and Lending Group to consolidate the services its attorneys provide to banks and other financial institutions. The group will be chaired by Inez M. Markovich, a shareholder in the firm's Philadelphia office who represents banks in a broad range of lending and...

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has announced that Adam G. Safwat has joined the firm as counsel based in the Washington, DC office. Mr. Safwat, 45, most recently served as a Deputy Chief in the Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division. He joins Weil’s White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice and will focus on white...

DTI (www.dtiglobal.com) the nation’s largest privately held independent provider of e-discovery, legal process outsourcing and facilities management services, has expanded its network of highly secure Knowledge Centers to now include Charlotte, North Carolina. This latest center of excellence joins the DTI family through the previously announced...

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that David Carden, the United States’ first Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), will re-join the firm, based in Singapore, as partner-in-charge of Asia. He was a partner based in New York and co-head of Jones Day's Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement Practice prior...

On January 22, 2014, Kelley Drye was named the winner of the 8th Annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Award for the “Retail Manufacturing/Distribution Deal of the Year” in connection with the firm’s representation of Royal Appliance Mfg. Co. in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of vacuum cleaner manufacturer Oreck...

King & Spalding has announced a significant enhancement of its SEC enforcement and white collar criminal practices with the addition of partners Dixie L. Johnson in Washington, DC, and William F. Johnson in New York. The two join King & Spalding from Fried Frank, where they co-headed the SEC enforcement and white collar criminal defense groups.

Mitratech has announced that it has acquired LT Online Corporation, whose flagship product Lawtrac has been a leading provider of legal management software for mid-sized legal departments for almost 30 years. This strategic acquisition further solidifies Mitratech's position as the most comprehensive ELM solution in the market.

Eric T. Fingerhut, member and leader of the Dykema's Trademark Practice, has been recognized by World Trademark Review (WTR) for inclusion in its 2014 edition of WTR 1000, the first and only stand-alone ranking publication to focus exclusively on trademark practices and practitioners. This is the fourth consecutive year – every year that WTR...

Anderson Kill has announced that Daniel J. Healy, a litigator in the firm’s Washington, DC office, has been named a partner.
Mr. Healy represents policyholders only in insurance coverage disputes. He obtains coverage in claims relating to health and welfare benefits, D&O liabilities, business interruptions, property damage, asbestos...

Proskauer has announced today that three nationally acclaimed labor and employment lawyers – Zach Fasman, Allan Bloom and Erika Collins – have joined the firm as partners in New York. The combined depth of their experience advising multinational corporations, financial services firms and corporate boards on a range of U.S. and...